Which Specialized Metabolites Does the Native Subantarctic Gastropod Notodiscus hookeri Extract from the Consumption of the Lichens Usnea taylorii and Pseudocyphellaria crocata?

• Published in: Molecules
• Main Authors: Gadea, Alice, Le Pogam, Pierre, Biver, Grichka, Boustie, Joël, Le Lamer, Anne-Cécile, Le Dévéhat, Françoise, Charrier, Maryvonne
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2017
• Subjects: Article; Possession Island
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6155395/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28282888; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules22030425

Notodiscus hookeri is the only representative of terrestrial gastropods on Possession Island and exclusively feeds on lichens. The known toxicity of various lichen metabolites to plant-eating invertebrates led us to propose that N. hookeri evolved means to protect itself from their adverse effects....